the second quarter. and 3.5% for the fiscal year. when clinton ran for re-election it was 7.1% and 3.7 for the year. when president bush 41 who lost his re-election it was 4.5 and 3.4. president reagan re-election, 7.1, 7.2. when jimmy carter lost, minus 7.9 in the second quarter and minus 0.3. this is the worst numbers we've had in the modern era. particularly when he said we tried our plan and it worked. it ain't working for a lot of americans. jon: when ronald reagan took office from jimmy carter, unemployment was up over 10%. he managed to get that down in his first term. >> he sure did. president obama went from roughly, i think 6.2% now to 8.2%. and remember, he promised us we would be far more better shape than we are today.

january 10 of 2009, if you want to know exactly what will happen when the stimulus bill passes take a look at the report prepared by the head of his council of economic advisors. it forecast unemployment would be 6% today. last year the administration forecast for economic growth this year was 4%. that is twice the rate that at best we're going to hit this year. no wonder, joe bide, actually captures reality of it recently when he got off message and said, quote, for millions of americans americans this is a depression. it ain't working. jon: you have to hand it to the white house for looking at the silver lining for these numbers. here is a statement from alan krueger, the current chairman of the council of economic voors advisors. he says in part, the economy moves in the right direction additional growth is needed to replace the jobs lost in the deep recession that began and the end of 2007. there is never an opportunity lost to remind us that all of this started during the bush administration. >> yeah. let's be clear about this.

we're moving in the right direction. we were at 1.9% for all of last year. and stronger at the end of the year. we are at a revised 2% in the first quarter of this year. we're now 1.5%? we're going backwards. we're going downhill. jon: yeah. >> the economy is slowing. manufacture something down. consumer sales down. home sales down. the consumer confidence number down. if the chairman of the council of economic advisors of this president thinks we're going in the right direction, just like the president, i guess, quote, we tried our plan and it worked, end quote. 13 million americans out of work and american families struggling as they are today don't think this plan has worked. jon: even the white house's own chart they put out accompanying that statement from the chairman of the council shows, you know, the graph is going downhill. the bar graph is going downhill. there it is. this is a chart that starts in the second quarter of '08 and takes us through the

second quarter of this year and you can see at the very end there the chart is stair stepping downhill, well not a good fashion. >> you know the chairman of the council of economic advisors is a professional economist, almost always a, an academic. their job is to give impartial and objective advice to the president on the state of the economy and having alan krueger turned into a campaign shill is not a good thing for the office of the presidency and certainly not, not a good thing for this president when the numbers show that we're not going in the right direction. jon: let me ask you about the republican candidate for president, mitt romney. he is overseas gotten tangled up in controversy over the olympics. how big of a deal is that? how much might it hurt him. >> it is a deal. i don't think it is a big deal. british newspapers are like tabloids. you have to shake your head. governor romney went to the london olympics at invitation of the international olympic

committee. it was a great opportunity for him to talk about his experiences, look, he stepped away from the leadership of bain capital for three years in order to step in and save the floundering salt lake city winter olympics in 2002. i bet there is lots of stories he could be talking about what a wonderful experience that was and how uplifting and inspiring it was. instead he got stuck making a, somehow or another that the comments the brits took as insult and walked it back pretty quickly and walked it back adroitly but nonetheless the damage was done. >> we'll talk more about his trip and what the british press is doing with that later on in the hour. karl rove, good to talk with you, thanks. >> i don't know where the leaks came from but they clearly came at a very high level. jenna: that is speaker to the house, john boehner, to the growing list of lawmakers saying national security leaks have put lives in danger. they blame these leaks on higher-ups in the white house, they being this party of people that is really upset about these

national security leaks. doug mckelway live from washington with more on this. doug? >> reporter: jenna, republicans claim the pressure they're putting on the white house about the leaks is more than political. admiral william mcraven said earlier this week the leaks put american lives at risk. speaker of the house john boehner told fox's greta van susteren last night he agrees with that. >> this is not something that came from some underling somewhere. and so there is great concern on my part as to where these leaks came from and, why they were leaked. and i would hope that the administration would cooperate with the special counsels that have been appointed so we can get to the bottom of this. this is a very serious problem. >> reporter: senior advisor to the obama campaign, david axelrod told nbc's joe scarborough, quote, i can tell you the president of the united states did not leak classified information.

the call mitigations are a diversion. axelrod said romney's charges are a bunch of bellicose bloviating. house minority leader nancy pelosi is also dismissing the leaks. >> there has been a shift in the whole approach to intelligence since 9/11 that people are much more aware, both people in this room who write about it and the american people who consume your news. i don't subscribe though to the idea that there's a preponderance of leaks. >> reporter: in response to that statement, new hampshire republican senator kelly ayotte told fox news this morning, quote, i think it is pretty clear pelosi lives in an alternate universe. jenna. jenna: some may be dismissing it. some may be pursuing the national security leaks more but let's go back to what the high-ranking official from the military said, admiral mcraven, about some of these leaks potentially doing damage in some way to some of our operations abroad.

what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers says weekly he is hearing of governments and individuals thinking twice about helping the united states because they fear we can't keep a secret. >> people are saying hey, we're just not sure we can cooperate with the united states anymore. serious problem. they need to say listen, i'm in this thing fully. you get to talk to anybody you want. >> reporter: rogers says it is really important that the president cooperate fully with the department of justice investigation in this matter. many republicans doubt what they believe is a politicized department of justice is capable of conducting an investigation into these leaks. jenna. jenna: an important story for us today, doug, thank you. >> reporter: sure thing. jon: right now in syria the city of aleppo is bracing itself from an onslaught from the syrian government. forces loyal to president assad reportedly are planning a massacre in hopes of crushing the rebel uprising there. world affairs contributor dominic di-natale is live for us from jerusalem

keeping an eye on that. dominic. >> reporter: jon, this could be one of the most hideous battles we've seen during the whole civil war of the past 17 months in syria. an imminent showdown is what rebels say they are expecting. helicopters on rebel positions on the east and west side of the city so far. army reinforcements arrived late yesterday. a column of 100 tanks came in and in excess of 1,000 government troops waiting to move forward. no indication when it will specifically do that rebels feel like it could be any minute now and concern the casualties will be on civilian and obviously on the rebel and government side as well. what could be a saving grace for the rebels the fact this mass troop mobilization by assad is starting to generate even more support for the rebels. we're seeing increase in number of insurgents. the general who is running the mission for the u.n. up until a week ago said every 15 citizens killed, 500 supporters come out. 100 whom end up being armed

fighters that is the reason why everybody feels this is very much a crucial battle because of course if bashar assad loses aleppo, his main city of source of financing his regime will ultimately lose out in the end, jon. back to you. jon: dominic di-natale keeping an eye on the syrian situation. thanks, dominic. jenna: another story will be watching throughout the hour today. in the meantime michael jackson's mother meeting with her attorneys face-to-face for the first time in several days. this after she was reported missing and apparently there's more on a dispute over the custody of her son's children, her grandchildren. they were in her custody. now apparentlyly no longer. also the northeast recovering from a string of deadly storms. the latest on the power outages, the cleanup and what is potentially to come. >> look at this. ven 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert

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in iowa, the father of one of two missing cousins is expected to appear in court. he will learn whether he will have to stand trial on drug or domestic abuse charges. daniel morrissey, the father of lyric cook, and the girl and her cousin elizabeth collins vanished two weeks ago today. lawyers for a man who claims to be unknown victim number two in penn state child sex abuse scandal says he intends to sue the university. it was discovery of the boy in the showers with coach jerry sandusky that ultimately led to sandusky's boss, legendary joe paterno to be fired. lawyer for catherine jackson says she is doing well. it comes amid a family dispute over custody of her late son michael's children and michael's estate. jenna: now a fox weather alert on severe storms in

the northeast. it has been quite a crazy 24 hours. this is amateur video of a transformer exploding in someone's backyard. it was taken in stony point, new york, about an hour outside of new york city where we are. the storms last night knocking down trees and power lines, doing a lot of damage and leaving a lot of people in the dark. certainly surprising the guy taking that footage. anna kooiman live in new york city with more. >> reporter: you don't want to get close to that, jenna. crews working through the night but still tens of thousand of people in new york, new jersey and pennsylvania getting ready for work in the dark. one new york county remains in a state of emergency after a possible tornado hit the city of elmira. governor andrew cuomo declaring the emergency as teams are coming in from other parts of the state to assist with power restoration. >> i have seen my ac coming through the window. i had to hold it. i saw the sky was blank because it was going by so fast. >> reporter: a possible

tornado also reported in pennsylvania. folks across the northeast seeing trees blocking some roadways. power lines toppled and roofs torn off small structures. >> i seen it coming up and, like i say, we got a big gust of wind and i took off and didn't even shut my door or nothing. i went down to my basement. i got in my basement. i stayed there until my house rattled and, i heard the trees snapping and everything and i just stayed right there and hoped for the best. >> reporter: safe place to be the heat and humidity is what spurred the storms that packed high winds, heavy rains and even hail, jenna. jenna: take a look at that video. good if you have a basement to go to. what about injuries? >> reporter: the storm claiming at least one life. a 61-year-old brooklynings man, richard schwartz, lightning striking a church steeple and bricks and scaffolding falling on top of him. he was a prosecutor with the

new york attorney general's office. you see video from the church steeple where it got struck by lightning and fell on top of him. emergency damage teams will go to elmira to see if it was a tore made and tornados possibly touching down east of elmira to the east in month tros, pennsylvania. back to you. jenna: anna, thank you very much. jon: scary weather last night here for sure. drew peterson's murder trial is just days away. the former police officer accused of killing his own wife. we'll take a look at what's ahead. new worries that the economy could be stalling this as the commerce department releases its latest gdp report. we'll take a look at the big picture for you coming up

jon: right now, attorneys in

the drew peterson trial are preparing their opening statements. peterson accused of murdering his third wife. the trial set to begin next week. harris faulkner joins us with a preview. harris. >> reporter: it has been nearly eight years and the trial set to begin on tuesday for the former is a bausch ban police officer accused killing kathleen sabio, his third wife. a renewed push to figure out what happened to a different wife, number four. we may no doubt hear more about that, about stacey peterson, who you see as the new trial takes place because they're taking a closer look at her disappearance from 2007. no charges were ever filed in that case against drew peterson but just days ahead of this murder trial, we're learning stacey's family is hopeful charges may come in her disappearance as they dig deeper. perhaps this was triggered by the upcoming trial, we don't know. here's what we know, peterson who is now 58 years old will face a jury of

seven men and five women. the jury selection process in court this week, he thanked the potential jurors for their time and reminded us what drove this case in the headlines in 2007. at first kathleen savio's death was ruled accidental. but investigators back then even were looking into the disappearance of his fourth wife. felt like they found some evidence that led them to believe drew pete southern killed kathleen and they began to look deeper and he was charged. her body was found in a dry bathtub, her hair soaked in blood. just before their divorce settlement was finalized was timing of all this. opening statements set to begin in drew peterson's murder trial and what happened to kathleen savio and looming questions what happened to stacey peterson. jon? jon: what a strange case. let's hope they get answers. >> reporter: no doubt. especially for the family. jon: harris faulkner,

thanks. >> reporter: sure. jenna: we take you back to the economy. new concerns on the u.s. economy in general on whether or not the economy is slowing right now. the commerce department, the government, releasing its latest reading on economic activity. it is the gdp report. you're seeing it on your screen now. it shows the economy grew at a rate of one 1/2%. that is from april through june, so a few months ago but it is not a great sign for the economy in general. take a look at the bigger picture here as well. retail sales fell last month for the third month in a row. home sales have also fell from may to june. u.s. manufacturing activity is also lower. the service sector is expanding at a slower pace and job growth, when it comes to actual job growth, that's remained below 100,000 for each of the past three months. we've comes to how we feel about the economy consumer sentiment, consumer sentiment is also lower. steve moore is a senior economics writer at "the wall street journal" and joins us now. steve, first with the gdp, you say this moves us closer

to a double-dip recession. why is that? >> yeah, it is no knot a pretty picture now, jenna, you look at the numbers and you gave a wholliey of them. let's focus on a second for the gdp numbers. 1.5% is anemic number. it means the drowning man is barely treading water. you look at the trajectory of economy. we were growing 2 1/2% last year. 2% in the first quarter. now 1 1/2. if you do that trajectory, jenna, it is downwards. so i am nervous now about the the possibility of a double-dip recession. i would hate to see it t would crush family finances and would lead to more job losses but we're precariously close to that situation right now. jenna: one of the things the white house said, the chief economic advisor came out with a blog response. this is sometimes how they respond to economic news. he says if you look back in 2009 you see the effects of the stimulus plan but everything else after that gets slower. it is not a direct argument, steve, for a stimulus plan

but the point is made things were better in their opinion when there was a stimulus. what do you think it means as far as future intervention from the government into our economy? >> that is a great point, jenna. that is exactly what the white house line will be over the next three or four months. democrats will pick up on the theme that government spending in last year or so has been falling. there is big problem with the white house argument. does anybody belief we have can continue to borrow $1.5 trillion a year? i would make the case and writing an editorial on this now, what happened the cure, the prescription was worse than the disease. all of this overspending, all of the easy money, i think this is "the hangover" effect from that, and you can't keep spending your way to prosperity and borrowing by the way. we increased our debt by five trillion dollars. i don't think we can do that over the next four years or we'll be really in bad shape. jenna: steve, give you perspective from a more political stance. he is not economic advisor

for the white house. regular joanne lift. >> i'm one of those people. jenna: well, here's the deal. he says the recovery can simply be long. long and painful. when you have these huge asset bubbles, the credit bubble bursting in housing it will take a long time and that is what we're in right now. >> here is the problem, general naflt i compared the numbers with this recovery versus every recovery we've had from the past eight recessions. this recovery has been less than half of the pace of the past ones. and the one that the obama people really don't like to do a comparison with is the reagan recovery. reagan's economic growth rate and job creation growth rate was three times faster at this pace of the recovery. so we should be doing much, much better give the depths of the recession. we should be coming out of this much stronger. we're still four million jobs short where we were back in 2007. jenna: what about the tax cuts that the president wants? he says he wants a tax cut. >> that is a big number. jenna: for the middle class but for state and local governments for small

businesses. that is something according to the white house they're looking for. will that help? >> the only thing the president can do between now and the election, in my opinion, jenna to jump-start this economy and give it some gravitas would basically make announcement tonight on national tv on fox saying look we're not going to do any tax increases next year. we're not going to increase the capital-gains tax, the dividend tax, the estate tax, small business taxes but look the president's plan of taxing people over 200,000, those are the people or employers and business owners and the risk-takers in this economy. i think that is adding gasoline onto this forest fire we have right now. jenna: i'm going to change that invitation. if the president wants to make that announcement he has to come on our show. >> there you go. jenna: not leaving it until tonight. >> that will prove he is watching your show, right? and taking our advice. that is really important thing. we should take that tax inoff the table t would help a lot. jenna: steve moore, we look forward to the editorial you mentioned. >> thank you, jenna.

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back in court on monday. he is expected to hear the slew of charges against him at that time including multiple counts of first-degree murder. this as more victims are laid to rest today and five people remain in critical condition at denver area hospitals. alicia acuna is live from aurora, colorado with more for us today. let's start first with the accused man, alicia. what are people saying about him today? >> reporter: hi, jenna. there is a report in the "new york daily news" that james holmes is asking jail staff why he is there but according to this report personnel at the a rap pa hoe county detention facility are not buying it. he is complaining about stomach pain and the food. there is concern for his safety. the suspect for the theater shoot something wearing bullet resistant vest during one hour out of the cell a day. he will be in court on

monday to hear the formal charges that will be filed against him on monday. jenna. jenna: you mentioned the five people in critical condition. what about the funerals today? >> reporter: there are three funerals scheduled for today. additionally there are those five people still remaining in area hospitals and yesterday, the body of u.s. navy officer john larimer was returned home to crystal lake, illinois. motorcyclists with the illinois old guard waited for larimer's body to arrive at o'hare international airport. the riders escorted the hearse to the funeral home. >> you expect a soldier to be killed in action but to be killed going to the show is totally unfathomable for people. >> everyone that serves this country, i have a friend who lost her son in afghanistan in 2009, i understand the importance of holding the hand of a parent who has lost their child. >> reporter: the first-responders to last week's shooting were able to pay their respects at the growing makeshift memorial

across from the theater. there was a prayer circle that formedded among the officers and a round of applause came from the crowd as a thank you. in a sign that life is getting back to normal in colorado, political ads are returning to radio and television today and tomorrow. soup every pacs and candidates held off this past week without of respect for the victims. jenna: those family and loved ones affected so dearly. alicia, thank you. >> well it doesn't look to me likely that anything will get accomplished before the election. it is unfortunate but i just don't see any willing know on the part of the democrat-controlled senate or president obama to try to resolve this issue before then. jon: house speaker john boehner there talking to our greta van susteren about the fight over extending tax cuts. but it could apply to a whole host of issues related to the economy. it doesn't look like much

will get done before the november presidential election. and with today's weak gdp number just out, this election could be shaping up to be a referendum on the economy. let's talk about it with monica crowley, radio talk show host, fox news contributor. julie roginsky a fox news contributor and former advisor to new jersey democratic senator frank lautenberg. will it be about the economy. >> absolutely 100%. we'll get another report next friday. that will be defining issue for most voters and both candidates. jon: julie, do you agree. >> absolutely. economy was forefront of voters minds it was in 2008 and will be this year. that affects every single person in the country. jon: the "gallup poll" voters preferred president obama over mitt romney. if it is about the economy why is president obama still favored. >> gallup showed most voters

blame president obama for the state of the economy. they are not holding president bush accountable for it. they are holding the president accountable. seeing polls showing more voters than not favor governor romney to handle the economy. jon: this is bad news for the president, julie? >> monica is right obviously the referendum son the president. he is the guy in charge. you don't operate in a vacuum. he is not just running against nobody. he is running against mitt romney. the problem for mitt romney everything he is talked about espousing not a continuation of bush policies four years ago but, increasing of the bush policies of four years ago, not running against george bush necessarily but president obama has a very, very strong case to make those are the policies that got us into this mess. why would we continue those policies again. >> i know that is the democrat line of argument but remember, president bush signed into law two waves of tax cuts in 2001 and '03 with bipartisan support that

led to 54 months consecutive job creation and economic growth. a lot of people would say let's go back to those policies. governor romney has detailed plan with tax cuts, tax reform, lowering the corporate tax rate, entitlement reform. spending cuts but pro-growth economic policies. >> hear is the problem for governor romney and for the republicans. just yesterday or two days ago they voted against middle class tax cuts. voting against lowering earned income credit which president reagan pleased was strong mechanism to rev up economy. they have gotten so far out of the mainstream what the middle class is looking. for mitt romney that doesn't bode well. >> the republican house of representatives over last year-and-a-half, going on two years has passed dozens of pro-growth policies to get this economy going again only to have them killed by harry reid. >> why would they vote against middle class tax cuts? i don't understand why republicans would do that. >> because they want to extend all the bush tax cuts. >> so you're hurting middle class to prove a political

point? >> no trying to help everybody. >> why from the vote, why not vote for the middle class tax cuts and discuss tax breaks for wealthiest amongst us. >> extending rates for everybody. >> why not vote for the middle class tax breaks, make a point you're supporting middle class and have the political argument? why hold the mitt dilt class hostage. >> they're not. they're making broader argument about extending for everybody. >> that argument is hurting middle class. >> i'm sorry. jon: you're getting a sample, you're getting a sample right here of some of the back and forth that is going on capitol hill. john boehner talked about that last night with greta. take a listen. >> but i think it is our job, even though we may have some very strong opinions and opposite opinions, our job is still to find common ground and to do our best for the american people. but you can't, you can't do the taping go by yourself. you've got to have a willing partner. i have not had a willing

partner. jon: julie, it is the case, the president likes to point a finger at congress and democrats control the senate and he had both houses in his camp first two years of the term. >> when you have the senate filibustering everything single thing, republicans in the senate filibustering every single thing the president wanted to do. mitch mcconnell saying point-blank my mission in life to make barack obama a one-term president. the way to do that is tank the economy. republicans know this. this is smart political strategy. horrible for the american people but smart political strategy for the republicans. >> democrats don't need the republicans to be tanking the economy. they're doing good job of that. first two years of this presidency had huge democrat majorities. >> everything got filibustered. >> when republicans won control of the congress two years ago, it was a vote by the american people to say stop and that's what they have done. jon: okay. we're going to have to leave it there, julie. you two are a great tag-team. >> thank you.

>> thanks, jon. jon: julie roginsky, monica crowley. jenna. jenna: thanks, jon. a cold case is heating up in massachusetts. what is sparking a new search in the case of a teenage girl who went missing more than 20 years ago. we're going to tell you about that. also scorching temperatures may affect your health in ways you never may have thought of. why you may need to clean out your medicine cabinet this summer. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes

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it in your car where it can hit like 140 degrees medicines may not be as effective. they're sensitive to extreme heat. certain medications are more sensetive like insulin or any gel cap or nitroglycerin. now they will not turn into poison or anything that dangerous but they might be less effective and you might need to watch the expiration date more carefully. jenna: talk a little bit about the drugs because a lot of folks might carry them on your body or in their purse or something like that. you have ibuprofen and insulin. you should worry of them causing a majorly negative effect on you but should you be taking these medicines if you've had them with you over the last several weeks and it has been hot? >> if in general around the room temperature you're okay. if they have been in an extreme of heat you want to really be careful and maybe not use them or maybe just consider that their effect may not be as good. the best thing to do is just

leave it at room temperature cabinet out of the reach of children or pets and you don't want to just throw these things in the frinl rate tore because that is a humid environment and that can also have the same effect. jenna: let's stay with that a little bit. you say the fridge is not necessarily the best place. so, is the medicine cabinet really the best place for your medicine period? >> these medicines in general at a temperature less than 80 degrees. most medicines especially if air-conditioning will be there. don't put them high up on a cabinet in general. the only thing that should go into the refrigerator should be things that need to be refrigerated or liquids like insulin. jenna: doctor, thanks for your time today. always nice to have you with us. >> thanks, jenna. jenna: we were having a conversation in our editorial meeting and talking about medicine and heat about the things that we do keep in our refrigerator like batteries right. you have batteries in your fridge? jon: i never heard about that. >> jon, we're messing up the

entire thing. jon: i never heard it as a thing to do. jenna: well, a lot of us at fox news keep batteries in the refrigerator. we thought is that the right thing to do? does that actually help the battery. turns out it doesn't. it actually doesn't help the batteries. if you have them in your fridge next to the butter it will not be helpful. jon: you know the weird thing i keep in my fridge for my woodworking and other things. you know what that is don't you? super glu. it is the actual name for super glu, crazy glu. keep it in the fridge it will last longer. you don't use it often. you put it and dried up and hard keep it in the fridge. it lasts longer. jenna: we're looking at nail polish. you don't have any nail polish. if you do that you it is a completely different segment. if you have cosmetics in the fridge? is that a good thing? will that help it last?

jon: i would yes. jenna: it actually does. some of the cosmetics and lotions and posh shuns can get rancid if you have have them too long and it is too hot. keep moist you are eyesers even perfume in the refrigerator. not super glu. jon: you don't want to smell like garlic when you go out. jenna: like tupperware thing, that's where you should keep some of the lotions if you like to. i wonder how my husband will feel about that? we have elk steak in the refrigerator. we'll figure where the perfume would go. jon: bread is not. jenna: it will go stale. take the bread out of the fridge. jon: don't keep the bread bread in there. jenna: i wonder what everybody's fridges will look like. no batteries or super glu. jon: i think viewers will let us know about odd things they keep or don't keep in the fridge. there is new information on the mysterious of a the

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jon: fox news alert. it was just a week ago, we were learning the details of that horrible massacre in colorado and now it appears a similar attack might have been thwarted in maryland. not involving the movies necessarily but authorities in anna rundle county and

prince georges county will be announcing in about an hour the arrest of a man who they say is mentally disturbed. he was going to be dismissed from his jobs and made some threats. as a result the suspect was arrested last night. authorities have committed him for 72-hour hold. they say when they went to his home in crofton, maryland, they found an arsenal of weapons. again there will be a news conference from both anna rundle county police officers and as well as prince georges county officers. that is coming up just about an hour from now. jenna: a little more business news today. right now facebook's friends are not clicking like, at least when it comes to the investors. the social media giant's first earnings report disappointed many and facebook's stock is dropping to a record low. shibani joshi from fox business is with us more. >> reporter: losing money is never a good way to make friends especially on

facebook. the company came out with its very first earnings report as a public company, struggle held to meet wall street's low expectations posting the lowest growth rate in five quarters. shares are at an all-time low, way below the ipo price, down 12% today, and down 40% since the ipo in may, wiping out get this in terms of market value, about $43 billion. it ipo'd for $100 billion. today it is worth somewhere around $57 billion. facebook leaving investors wanting more after yesterday's report. some key questions still remain unanswered including how will it make money off of mobile as users migrate from the pc to the mobile world they're not making as much money off it. that is what investors are concerned about. the company can not provide any growth forecast. investors like certainty. it makes them feel better. we unfortunately didn't get that yesterday. somewhat comforting to investors was the appearance of mark zuckerberg. i told you about it

yesterday. there were questions whether or not he would make an appearance. he did. he and cheryl sandberg the company's coo they did speak and answered questions from analysts. they gave very vague answers and overshadowed both of their presences together. no word on mark zuckerberg's attire and the infamous hoodie. the event was not broadcast or televised. it was a conference call. so he could have been in his pajamas for all we know. he comes very casual to the wall street events. but like i said, investors happy to have him there. jenna: that is his style. there you go. it is interesting. i was talking to one stock trader the other day. there is a huge psychological effect of the facebook story. >> reporter: yeah. jenna: everyone knows the business and everyone watched it go public and it is sort of a downer. >> reporter: it is an amazing touch point with almost a billion people out there, 995 million people are on facebook. we see the business story unfold and it's a very different reality. we touch and we see and we

feel and interact with this website every day but investing money in it has become a different story and the psychology of the markets as you mentioned and people are more wary jumping into ipos and investing into the market as a result. jenna: it is a very interesting story, shibani, thank you very much. jon: governor mitt romney preparing to attend the opening ceremonies of the olympic games in london but the games are not the only stop on the republican presidential candidate's trip overseas. a look at his agenda and how it relates to the campaign. also new developments in the movie massacre in colorado. the suspect reportedly showing some strange behavior in jail. some say he is just putting on an act.

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jon: a fox news alert, and authorities in maryland are saying that they have thwarted a plot that could have been deadly. a guy named neil edwin prescott called up his workplace last

night. he was about to be fired, apparently. he threatened to shoot the place up. when they went to his apartment, they found what they call an arsenal of weapons. obviously, in the wake of what happened in colorado, authorities are on edge for copycat kinds of events. it appears that this suspect was stopped before he had a chance to make good on his threats. authorities are saying he is emotionally disturbed. they found his cache of weapons when they took him into custody. he is in a mental institution under an emergency commitment. we'll keep you updated, and police are having a news conference just about an hour from now. also brand new stories this hour, reaction coming fast and furious to the disappointing economic numbers out this morning. new gdp numbers show very slow growth in this country, and consumers are shutting their wallets. jenna: four little words causing some big concerns for the president and his campaign.

a "wall street journal" piece says the comment "you didn't build that" is causing all sorts of heart burn as governor romney hammers away at that remark. has governor romney gained anything, though, is going to be one of our questions today. jon: even if you love animals, you might consider this latest stunt by peta hitting a new low, asking for bets on when one senator will die. the whole story and breaking news, it's all "happening now." as you can see, we have a lot of news still to get to today. jenna: true. jon: welcome to brand new hour of "happening now," i'm jon scott. new reaction out of washington to disappointing economic numbers. er the fueling new fears that this recovery might be stalling. jenna: always one of our big stories, the economy. hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee, and this isn't good news especially for millions of unemployed americans. gdp growth slowing at a rate of

1.5% in april through june, and that's not nearly enough to bring down the nation's unemployment rate. both the obama administration and republican leaders are weighing in. again, the first reading on this economic activity, but it's an important one. wendell goler's live at the white house were more. let's start with the administration's reaction. what is that reaction today? >> reporter: well, jenna, you can feel the disappointment here that the gdp figure wasn't stronger, but at least it wasn't negative. one of the president's chief economic advisers saying this is the 12th consecutive quarter the economy has grown, it's just not growing fast enough. since it has slowed over the past six months, alan krueger has been taking the long view. he said in a blog post, quote: over the last three years the economy has expanded by 6.7% overall, and the private components of gdp have grown by 9.9%. while the economy continues to move in the right direction, additional growth is needed to replace the jobs lost in the deep recession that began at the end of 2007.

now, krueger said one of the things that's been holding down the recovery had been declining state and local government spending. the stimulus bill propped that up in 2009. there's virtually no chance of republicans agreeing to additional stimulus spending. jenna: so as far as republicans, wendall, what's their reaction? >> reporter: the republican national committee accused the president of economic mismanagement, said it's putting the brakes on the recovery. mitt romney's chief economic adviser declared it another disappointment in what he called a disappointing presidency. house speaker john boehner show why upper income bush tax cuts should be extended. he said, quote: in 2010 when economic growth was more robust than it is today, president obama staid stopping the -- said stopping the looming tax hikes was necessary to help the economy, now he is determined to raise taxes on small businesses and destroy more than 700,000 american jobs. the white house says the economy created more jobs, they deny

raising it back to that rate would cost jobs now. jenna? jenna: a lot more of these readings before the election. wendall, thank you. jon: presidential candidate mitt romney is in london right now to watch the opening ceremonies of the olympics. you might recall the former governor ran the 2002 winter games in salt lake city. he is widely credited with bringing them back from the brink. but the olympics are not the only event on romney's agenda. carl cameron lye in london now with more -- live in london now with more. i guess he has the meetings, but he's also been raising some cash? >> reporter: oh, sure. and it's a very common practice for presidential candidates and politicians from america when they're overseas. lots of ex-pats, americans living abroad, want to be involved in their home country's politics, so they donate, and they vote by absentee ballot, and last night mr. romney held a fundraiser here in london.

in fact, americans living abroad came from all over in order to participate. and last night we're told romney raised somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 million from americans living abroad. there are reports that initially the tickets were $25-$75,000 apiece, but as the event neared last night, they were basically giving them away for as much money and attendance as possible. he'll have more fundraisers when he is in israel, and we leave for them tomorrow. $2 million, pretty good haul here in london, and he'll be presumably putting it on the airwaves quick. jon: we also understand he just met with the irish tea shah? what happened there? >> reporter: yes. it's interesting because mr. romney has obviously been pounded here in london and across the continent for having suggested there might be some logistical problems based upon press reports on the run up to the olympics. well, today when he left his hotel, instead of driving over to the irish embassy, he

walkedded it. his security team had to accompany him for a half a mile or mile or so. the press that was going to go there in a van had to fight their way through pedestrian traffic and snarled streets, and they did have their meeting. they discussed the irish economy, a pleasant meet, we're told. we did see some pictures, we didn't get a heck of a lot more than the pleasantries. yes n ireland we're accustomed to doing a lot of walking as well. jon: carl cameron, coming to us loud and clear over the sound of the sirens in the background. jenna: that is not easy. jon: no. nan-and-a-half it's tough. well, we are your election headquarters, and in 102 days we head to the polls to choose our next president. today some are asking this as laid out on the op-ed page of "the wall street journal." what's the difference between a calm and cool barack obama and a rattled and worried barack

obama? again, according to the article four words, it turns out. "you didn't build that" is swelling to such heights that it has the president on defense. mr. obama has felt compelled for the first time in this campaign to cut an ad in which he directly responds to the criticisms of his now-infamous speech complaining his opponent took his words out of context. shane is the editor of campaigns and elections magazine. nice to have you back with us. >> thanks for having me. jenna: okay. so this has been, obviously, a talking point for a lot of folks over the last couple weeks. do you think mitt romney's really gained anything from this? >> yeah. i don't think it's clear that mitt romney's gained from this attack. i do think, though, that the romney camp clearly thinks it's struck political gold here with this attack. you know, while the white house is certainly worried and there's no doubt about that given the fact that the president cuts an ad speaking directly to camera

to respond to this, you know, i think the white house response has been quick. i think it's been aggressive, and i think strategically speaking that's exactly what it needed to be from this i attack, and i think this is going to certainly play out over the next week or so. it's not going away anytime soon. jenna: so you're saying -- let me just stop you there because that's part of the reason why we're talking about, right? the president actually sat down to camera and said something about what he said two weeks ago. let's go ahead and roll that. p. [cheers and applause] >> those ads taking my words about the small business out of context, they're flat-out wrong. of course americans build their own businesses. every day hard working people sacrifice to meet a payroll, create jobs and make our economy run. and what i said was that we need to stand behind them as america always has. jenna: so how effective do you think that is? >> you know, i think the response is effective in the fact that it's quick and aggressive, and if you go back to what the president said, yes,

indeed, i think the words were taken out of context. i don't think that president obama when you look at the foul context of his words launched an all-outing assault on business owners, but he was making a larger point that any number of conservatives are going to be particularly upset about, and that is the suggestion that, you know, government infrastructure and all those things he mention inside that speech sort of paved the way for individual success. to a lot of conservatives that in and of itself is an offensive -- moving beyond the context -- [laughter] i think there's a legitimate i'd ideological debate. jenna: it brings the conversation back to this again, and here we go all over again about one comment two weeks ago. broader picture, though, shane, it's interesting we talk so much about negative ads and how negative both sides have been. but when you look at really what's gained traction, it's come from both men themselves and what they've said themselves

about whatever it is, the president may be about the economy, mitt romney may be about b the olympics as well. what do you make of that? should both men just state a script right now? is that where we are in the campaign, or should we as journalists push them more to be off script so we can have some genuine moments when it comes to policy and some of the important things that are confronting the country? >> yeah, i think there's no doubt journalists love when the candidates are off script because all sorts of wonderful things happen when that occurs. but i think there is a larger question of authenticity going on here. mitt romney's been attacked for being too stiff on the campaign trail, president obama for hiding behind his teleprompter. i think campaigns at this point because every single syllable that comes from the candidates' mouth is parsed, i think they're just frightened, utterly scared to go off script, and i think that has long-term implications.

jenna: well, we know how that is, being on live television. just one word wrong, then you're a youtube star. not only what they say, but do they mean what they say, and that's what the next 100 days is going to be about. look forward to having you back, shane, thank you. >> thank you, jenna. jon: so you were talking about the controversy dogging the president, but mitt romney triggered some troubles for himself with his comments about london hosting the olympics games. is what he said really worth the fuss it's created? our media panel takes on his comments in a fair and balanced debate. jenna: a lot of folks overseas didn't like that comment. jon: also, major health scare involving hepatitis c. the search is on for thousands of patients who may have been exposed intentionally by a medical technician. that's next. a party?

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jon: time for a quick look at some international headlines we're following. a federal report shows a new aspect to the human toll of

rebuilding iraq. at least 719 people have been killed working on reconstruction projects since the 2003 u.s. invasion. nearly half of those killed are americans. in afghanistan the u.s.-led coalition says insurgent attacks over the past three months are up 11% compared to the same time last year. the number of attacks in june was the highest for any month since fighting surged in the summer of 2010. and in syria government forces are now using helicopter gunships to fire on rebels in the country's largest city of aleppo. the u.s. state department says it fears the syrian government is planning to carry out a massacre. jenna: well, in other news today, a health scare is sweeping the country. officials are scrambling to identify and test thousands of patients who may have been exposed to hepatitis c by a medical technician who worked in several states. the tech is now facing some criminal charges, accused of contaminated syringes.

david lee miller is live in your new york city newsroom. what a nightmare, david lee. >> reporter: a very scary story, jenna, because he was supposed to be a health care provider, but according to authorities, this medical technician may have made thousands of people sick, infecting them with hepatitis c. thirty people in new hampshire have been diagnose with the the same strange of the disease the tech is suffering from. he injected himself. he then replaced the missing drug with saline solution to give the appearance that nothing had been tampered with. the hepatitis was then transmitted to patients by the tainted needles. as many as eight other states where he once worked are now setting up their own testing programs. authorities in arizona say he was fired in 2009 after working 11 days at arizona heart hospital and that he voluntarily surrendered his certification to work in that state. plans to test some 3400 former patients in new hampshire for

hepatitis have now been put on hold because authorities there say they are simply overwhelmed and do not have time to prepare, and now former patients there want to know what exeter hospital knew about this technician's troubled past. >> did you check on him to find out what his background was, that he had a problem, that he could have, you know, contaminated people? not in this day and age, it doesn't make a lot of sense. you go to some of the most menial jobs, and they require testing for drugs and what have you. but this guy just floats around like nothing, it's almost ridiculous. >> reporter: from a massachusetts newspaper days before he was arrested, he was found intoxicate inside a hotel room. authorities say they found six prescription drugs and a suicide note. that note said i couldn't handle the stress anymore. he is now facing, if convicted of the charges, some 24 years behind bars. jenna? jenna: certainly a troubling story, david lee. thank you.

jon: well, a judge handling last week's colorado massacre is putting a veil of secrecy over the suspect. we'll look at this gag order and what we're likely to learn from are the next court hearing. jenna: also, a growing uproar over a comment from a usda employee. pushing for meatless mondays, that's what they want. iowa senator chuck grassley doesn't want that, and that has peta responding to the senator's comments with what some are describing as a tasteless wager in a lot of ways. the fight straight ahead.

jon: right now a funeral is getting underway in texas for a father murdered in last week's colorado massacre. 51-year-old gordon cowden, originally from texas, had taken two of his teenage children to

see the movie when shots rang out. the teens were not hurt. suspect james holmes will be on court on -- in court on monday to face charges. what can we expect? fred tecce is a former federal prosecutor, and, john, i'm guessing you're glad you don't have this case. >> the defense attorneys in this case have a lot going on. you've got a crazy guy, or potentially a crazy guy that goes inside a movie theater, shoots everybody. everybody sees this guy so you don't have any evidentiary facts that could help this guy, so the only thing left is mental defense. jon: and what about that defense? >> it's evolved over the years going all the way back to the shooting of president reagan with john hinckley, and we've seen it evolve over the years. when it comes down to it, it's really can you tell the

difference between right and wrong, and i haven't seen anything from this guy that tells me he can't. the only thing worse than clients is no clients. this guy's not helping himself. now claiming amnesia who everybody in the jail says is disingenuous doesn't help, so he's making it worse for himself. jon: there is this report out of the denver jail, john, that he's been saying to the guards, you know, why am i here, what am i doing in here? what did i do to get me put in jail? if that is the case, do you agree with fred that he's hurting his defense? >> he might be, but who's to say that what his situation is, his mental problems are? in actuality, i think that the only person that could tell you right now -- jon: oh, it looks like we have lost our satellite link-up to john. let me ask you a question, fred. there are a lot of psychopaths in the world, people who for one reason or another have no

conscience. does being a psychopath, does that qualify him as a psychotic disease? >> you know what? i've had this debate on your show for that psychiatrist whose name escapes me. i'm sorry, i think those are people who are define canned as lacking empathy. they have no empathy for what they've done. they feel nothing wrong about having shot 58 people and killed a dozen people. but that's not the issue in our legal system. the issue is do you know right from wrong, and what this guy did, you know, did he take steps to kind of conceal this prior to it that would show he did something wrong? quite frankly, if i had to defend the guy, one of the arguments i'd be making is when the police came he just stood there and allowed himself to get arrested. he took no steps to conceal his activity, he took no steps to hide, he took no steps to confront the police. so at the answer to your question, jon, that's not enough to get you a legal insanity

definance. jon: this judge is clamping down on the information coming out of the courtroom. there have been, i guess, two gag orders. we're not going to be in the courtroom with a camera again to capture more pictures of this nut job. is that a good thing, in your view, fred? >> you know what, jon? the public has a right to know, and even for the victims i think it's helpful for them to see that the wheels of justice are moving, albeit slowly, but i also think we're in that time period where there's this tug between law enforcement's ability to do its job and having that compromised by information getting out. the university of colorado alerted the judge prior to the time it turned over documents about his medical school record pursuant to an open records request. once that information comes out, once the toothpaste is out of the tube, you can't put it back in. so right now i understand what he's doing. but going forward, i mean, denver's, you know, denver had the oklahoma city bombing cases.

i mean, these people know how to handle big, difficult cases, and that was open to the public. and so, uni, this should be too -- you know, this should be too. of. jon: john manuel lin is back with us. change of venue, can this guy get a fair trial given all the coverage to this point? >> absolutely not. there's no way this guy's going to get any kind of fair trial in the state of california -- jon: colorado, you mean. >> maybe to a neighboring state. >> put it on the back side of the moon. [laughter] jon: john, fred, thank you both. jenna: new hope in louisiana. after a landmark in new orleans, in business for nearly 100 years, burns to the ground. now we have a promise to rebuild, and it's inspiring folks in that area. we're going to tell you about that. also, all eyes on london for the open ceremonies of the olympics. there's politics involved, but economics as well. will the games be the economic victory some are depending on?

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jon: a fox news alert, and autopsy results are in in one of the stranger criminal verdict cases we have ever seen. we're going to show you the video here, but we have to warn you, it is just a little bit disturbing. it involves a former wall street trader named michael mare remember. he had been accused of torching

his own house for profit because he couldn't keep up with the payments. when the verdict came in, he put his heads in his hand, popped something from his mouth, then took a drink from a supreme spok bottle. not long after that he collapsed and died. well, the autopsy results say he died of cyanide poisoning. he apparently killed himself rather than serve a possible 7-21 years in prison. those are the autopsy result just in from phoenix in the maricopa county coroner's report. jenna: today's the opening day for the olympics, and we talk a lot about the economy of course. what's happening in europe is having a real effect on our economy here at home. and while some are saying the olympic gains are going to give a much-needed boost to europe, others believe the disruption by all of this is going to actually

hurt the economy overseas. greg talcott is going to sort this all out, hopefully, for us. >> reporter: hey, jenna. probably no one watched the olympic torch float down the taims with more anticipation than u.k. business people. there are big hopes for strong showings from these games. here are just some of the projections we've been seeing, a billion dollar plus boost in spending, 50,000 temporary jobs, an 80% increase in consumer demand, and it couldn't come at a more crucial time. just announced in the past week the british economy contracted again in the last quarter. u.k. firmly in the grip of a double-dip recession. however, few of the economists that we have been been speaking to think that the u.k. can make back and win back the $15 billion investment in these games. the fear is that high costs, congestion and confusion could be scaring people away, creating problems for people like taxi drivers and hotel other thans

already they are reporting lower than expected occupancy rates. the small business people that i have been speaking to are just uncertain. still, others say kind of a hard to quantify feel-good factor and image could be the most important victory from these games not just for the many corporate sponsors involved, but for london itself which has a habit, i must have to say, of a bit of self-criticism. so maybe there could be a post-olympic glow not just for the athletes, but for the business people too. jenna: you know, you've been all over the world, greg, in so many different places. you've lived in london for how longing? >> reporter: oh, about six, seven years. jenna: so is it exciting? does it feel like everyone's excited about this? >> reporter: yeah, we were moving around the city yesterday, jenna, near the equestrian center yesterday, and we were in the center of the city, and i absolutely say i was there with our cameraman and producer, we all said there's a

special buzz in the city u and there is an -- and there is an excitement. folks from all over the world, including yankees, walking around the streets. [laughter] jenna: even the yankees? you know, us in america. >> reporter: absolutely. jenna: well, hopefully that brings a little home to you, greg. thank you very much. jon? jon: well, mitt romney went to britain in part for the opening ceremonies of the olympics, and some in the mainstream media are making a big deal over a comment by the governor there upon his arrival in great grin. the -- great britain. the presidential candidate saying in an interview with abc he found some reports of london's preparations for the olympics, quote, disconcerting. he later did clarify, but the comments were jumped on by the british press and some in the states. the prime minister responding with a pointed dig at the saut lake city games that romney must add, it must be easy to have the

olympics, quote, in the middle of nowhere. some in the mainstream media then pounced. check out the front pages of the new york times, "the washington post" and the boston globe. so is all of this hype legitimate, or is it just a tempest in a teapot? joining us on our news watch panel, judith miller, investigative reporter, kirsten powers is a columnist for the daily beast, both are fox news contributors. you know, all of the analysts have been saying that anything could happen with the election, and if one of these candidates makes a serious mistake, it could cost them votes. i'm not sure that the olympics, you know, criticizing the olympics is one -- rises to that level, but it does show that these candidates have sob very careful with what they say. >> right. i mean, you know, look, the british press had a field day, and the tabloids in particular -- mitt the twit was one headline -- of course they're going to beat up on him. he did make some surprising missteps. like he didn't know, for example, the name of the

opposition leader. he did say that he had met with the head of mi6 which is not anything you're supposed to be talking about, but it's really small bore. jon: okay, your take on it, first of all. >> yeah, look. in terms of, you're right, nobody's not going to not vote for mitt romney because this happened, but the point was to show that he's not a novice on world policy, and this was supposed to be the easy part of the trip. and what he said was just also very strange because he basically said the problem is with the british people. so it's just sort of bad manners which i would never associate with mitt romney, actually. jon: charles krauthammer on bret baier's show that, uni, it was incomprehensible that he made this big error. of he said all he had to do was, you know, sit there, look good and shut up and it would have been fine, but the interesting thing to me, though, is he said this in an nbc interview. they didn't run it for 24 hours. they ran the other stuff about, you know, i guess you would call

it the important stuff. and then after the british media picked it up, then all of a sudden nbc is leading nbc nightly news with it 24 hours after they had the tape. >> right. well, better late than never. it's kind of like the obama remark that also didn't get picked up in the beginning about small business. you know, once you understand that it's a news story and that the brits are reacting to it, you're going to react to it. what can one say? jon: one of the web sites that watches the news called media eye, here's what they put about it. republican presidential candidate mitt romney's gaffe in great britain on thursday in which he called into question london's security preparations ahead of the olympics has been greeted with a mix of scorn and glee in both the british and american press. the british press having some fun with romney's slap at london's olympic preparedness, but the fourth estate has been far from neutral towards barack

obama's numerous anti-british gaffes, indeed, they have been rather forgiving. is this a case of the tabloids going after the republican candidate? >> well, i'm not sure what -- he did give a dvr to the queen that didn't work -- jon: oh, the ipod, you mean. [laughter] talking about president obama. >> yeah. jon: loaded with his speeches. >> so i feel like he got a lot of grief for that, actually. and the criticism in the media in britain didn't just come from the liberal media, "the telegraph" actually did an editorial criticizing him. he basically said, well, you know, everything seems to be going well except for will the people be able to come together? why would they not -- jon: but he also talked about security guards who hadn't been properly trained. there have been a lot of questions or complaints about the preparedness of that city. >> and i think he was absolutely right about that. i think the use of the word disconcerting is kind of a british understatement. it was shocking that, you know, after all of this preparation they were down several thousand

security people at an event that we all knew might be targeted. i think that he was right, it was just not very diplomatic. jon: here's another quote from mitt romney that you might not hear a great deal about. this was said in a private fundraiser, so you might not -- it wasn't done on camera with brian williams. but he's saying to the london people: jon: now, if you know your history, you might recall four or years ago when barack obama took the oval office, there was this bust of winston churchill that had been prominently displayed there. mr. obama boxed it up and sent it back. >> well, it was given to george bush after 9/11 but this is the

most interesting thing he's done in a while. he actually said the only reason that britain didn't fall to the nazis is because they were separated by water from europe. so that's a direct insult to winston churchill, and now suddenly he's grabbed onto this thing because, i guess, keys are upset -- conservatives are upset that the bust got sent back. >> it was upsetting to those of us who believe in the very special relationship between the u.k. and -- look, i think that the brits are just kind of getting a sense of this guy, and they're going to discover that he can make as many misstatements over there as he makes here. i mean, mitt romney has done this again and again. whether or not it's large bets that don't seem to cost very much in his stratosphere or, i mean, he does this. so that's mitt. jon: all right. get used to it, he's on the campaign stage for another hyundai at least. maybe beyond, we'll see. you can watch news watch hosted by yours truly. we'll be covering the coverage of the presidential race and the

week's other top stories tomorrow at 3 p.m. eastern -- 2 p.m. eastern time. jenna: one of the big stories today, jon, is those reactions to our economic numbers that are out today, the reading on the gdp. the white house spokesman just pointing the finger at congress when it comes to the economy. we're going to talk a little bit more about the gdp, about jobs and what jay carney just had to say next. [ female announcer ] e-trade technology can help make you a better investor. our e-trade 360 investing dashboard shows you where your money is, live. e-trade pro is so usable you'll actually use it. and our apps are the ultimate in mobile investing. become a better investor at e-trade. your doctor will say get smart about your weight. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes.

jenna: hi, everybody. we're going to talk a little bit more about the economy now. the big headline of the day is the gdp number, our first reading is 1.5%. why is that important? well, it shows that our economic activity is just not very strong. and what you need to show job growth, at least when it comes to that reading s a reading of somewhere between 2 or 3%. that would show us growing jobs, so that 1.5% is probably not likely we're growing a lot of jobs in this country. so we wanted to show you a

little bit about our current numbers. we're going to get brand new ones next friday, but here's what it looks like right now. 8.3% -- 8.2% current unemployment rate, but those are people that are actually actively looking for work. if you're not actively looking for work, if you're distracted because your home's foreclosed upon or something like that, you're in this section that is over 800,000 people that have simply given up looking for jobs. if you're here, you're not part of this bigger picture that shows 12.7 million americans that are currently looking for work, are able to work and just simply can't find a job. sometimes you might hear this other number mentioned. this is what we call our u6, but really what it shows is the amount of people who are unemployed or who have temporary employment or are also discouraged.

so this, this number counts this number as well and brings us to this broader number which is more than 23 million people that are out of work. to put that in more context, that means one out of seven of us want a job, can't find a job, have a temporary job but not full employment or simply have given up looking for work overall. so that's what we're looking at. one out of seven of us. that's why the gdp number is so important today, because it's not showing that there's job growth out there. now, the president's spokesman, jay carney, just talked a little bit about this at the white house. here's what he has to say. >> the president continues to insist that the proposals he's put forward that outside economists say would have an immediate impact on economic growth and an immediate impact on job creation must be passed by congress. and we'll continue to make that case. in terms of, you know, we obviously despite the sustained growth, despite the private

sector job creation are still in a position where we're pulling ourselves out of a very deep hole caused by the great version. and -- recession. and there is still, of course, a great deal of anxiety in the country about the economy, and that's why we need to take these steps. that's why it is simply unacceptable to say, you know, we'll wait until next year perhaps to do, to take action on economic growth and job creation. we should do it right now. the president's going to continue to do everything he can administratively to help the economy grow and create jobs, and he's going to continue to hammer the point that we know what we can do right now to spur growth and job creation, and congress needs to act. jenna: so the white house talking about tax cuts not only for small businesses, but for the middle class and also for state and local governments to try to get hiring back and get economic activity back. the republican response to that is that they want tax cuts for everybody, no matter your income level at a broader level.

and so those are your two arguments right now. the big question becomes what would be more effective to actually get jobs and economic activity back, and that's something we'll be exploring over the next several months. jon: republicans would argue that green lighting the keystone pipeline would be a good way to get a number of jobs going. jenna: good point. jon: immigration agents protecting our border raising new alarms. they claim the obama administration is forcing them to ignore the law and allow illegal immigrants to stay in the country by gaming the system. molly henneberg explains, she's live in washington. >> reporter: gaming the system by claiming to be illegals brought here by their parents when they were young. the obama administration says they can stay here if they meet certain criteria like getting a high school degree. they call themselves dreamers after the dream act which has not passed congress, but the obama administration implemented parts of it anyway. and border patrol officials say now they're caught in a tough position. >> officers have been told that

there is no burden for the alien to prove anything, even with the greatly-relaxed new policies, the alien is not even required to prove that they meet any of the new criteria. our officers that work the jails, again, the jails, are under the same guidance. so if an inmate in a jail claims to be a dreamer to avoid deportation of arrest, our officers are required to accept that claim, and no other proof is required. >> and often they have to let the so-called dreamers go. or else the border agents fear they will be fired. the immigration and customs enforcement agency, i.c.e., says it will investigate allegations of fraud and abuse but only has the funding to deport 400,000 people a year and therefore, quote, the agency prioritizes its resources on aliens whose removal has the greatest impact on public safety and the integrity of the immigration

system. these priorities include quicked criminal aliens, people who have illegally reentered the country after being removed and border crossers. i.c.e. has deported more criminals in the past three years than ever before. jon: molly henneberg, thank you. jenna: why peta is talking about senator chuck grassley's death on their web site. the full story straight ahead. plus, why some dog lovers are up in arms over proposed regulations on puppy mills. they say new rules will harm legitimate small breeders. take a look at those guys. more puppies, next on "happening now." are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert

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jon: right now dog lovers are at each other's throats. animal advocates accuse the american kennel club against refusing to take a stand against cruelty in puppy mills. fox business network's rich edson live in goldvain, virginia. >> reporter: we are with one of those breeders. this is an attempt to stop puppy mills, byes who are born and sold in awful conditions, but we're talking with the doctor here, and why do you think these regulations aren't a good idea for your breeder? >> well, as a breeder and as an akc breeder of merit, i don't think that the regulation really addresses the issue of animal cruelty or proper housing. it simply addresses how puppies are delivered to perspective owners. >> now, the humane society would say it's expanding it to places

that sell over the internet and that would help eliminate some of the problems with puppy mills. >> well, i don't think that's the case at all because really what people want is to talk and have a personal relationship with the breeder of their puppy. for us we have a lifelong relationship with the people to whom we sell our puppies. just because we might meet someone face to face does not engender that. whereas having internet communication, telephone communication allows that sort of thing. >> reporter: okay. so the usda has proposed these rules. jon: are those labs available? [laughter] >> reporter: some of them are, jon. let me know. jon: very cute. rich edson, thank you. jenna: can we just put a small box on the screen for the rest of the show with the puppies playing? well, peta unleashing a response to a senator's pro-meat stance, and it's really making a lot of headlines. harris has the story for more. it's hard to follow the puppies, i know, harris. >> reporter: i know, it is.

but i'm going to give it my best try. this has an ooh and ugh factor of ten. you're going to bet on one of our nation's leaders die to make your point. iowa senator chuck grassley challenged the agriculture department for promoting meatless mondays for their employees. he questioned the ag department's support of iowa farmers and promised to eat more meat himself to pick up the difference. peta decided to take informal bets on its web site about when mr. grassley -- who's 78 years old -- would die. ooh. peta asking you to post when he might succumb to heart disease, diabetes, cancer or some other meat-related disease. i think you mentioned you have elk in your fridge? jenna: i am admitting that. it's good, too. harris, thank you. we'll be right back. ,

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jenna: have a great friday, everybody. bill: "america live" starts right now. megyn: fox news alert a bombshell on the ailing economy. new fears of an economic slow down following a report that shows our country is in a slump, to say the least. welcome to "america live," everyone, on a friday. i'm megyn kelly. new reaction from washington this hour as the gdp report shows the economy slowed to just 1.5% growth from april to june, and that is below where they had hoped. this is a look at second quarter of 2012. just looking at the chart myself. a look at the second quarter, there we go. that's us all the way over on the far right. you can see the growth is rather low and nowhere near where it was back in 2011, even. the analysts say when the number is at or below 2%, again it's 1.5% it's not enough to lower the jobless rate. you need more people buying and

producing. all this as the white house says there is still a great deal of anxiety among americans and they claim the numbers show that we are moving in the right direction. here is the white house press secretary jay carney moments ago. >> i would say that on the issue of gdp, what we have seen is the 12th straight quarter of economic growth, positive growth, and that is a good thing, and yet as we say consistently, this is not enough, and this is growth that is not fast enough, this is job creation that is not substantial enough, and that's why congress needs to act. megyn: kyle harrington the founder and managing partner for harrington capital management is with me now. kyle, hay had hoped it would be more, it could have been worse. the white house is pointing out even though they wished the numbers were